RIYADH, 2 May 2006 — Authorities have opened an investigation into a case of a severed penis belonging to an alleged rapist, the Okaz daily reported. A man arrived at an emergency room in the capital with his severed penis, which was reattached after speedy surgery. According to the report, the man allegedly snuck into his maid’s quarters after his wife had gone to sleep and attempted to rape her. The Filipina managed to escape his advances, rushed into the kitchen and got a knife. Despite her weapon, the man attempted to assault the maid, who, in return, pulled a “Lorena Bobbit” defense and cut off the man’s penis. Bobbit was the New Jersey woman who, in a high-profile 1993 case in the US, severed her husband’s penis with an eight-inch carving knife.